West Central Kentucky Gas Prices Lower This Week

The average price of gasoline across West Central Kentucky is three cents cheaper this week at $2.558 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

There is some volatility at the pump across the Great Lakes and Central states, with eight states seeing gas prices increase since last Monday. These increases are due in-part to regional refinery maintenance. Kentucky’s average held steady on the week ($2.63), but that could quickly change in the week ahead if refinery maintenance lingers.

Gasoline inventory grew by a half a million barrels on the week to push totals up to 47.8 million barrels. Currently, stocks are sitting at their lowest level of the year, which is not ideal given the seasonal increase in travel.

This week’s average prices: Western Central KY Average           $2.558
Average price during the week of May 28, 2019                          $2.585
Average price during the week of June 4, 2018                                            $2.771

Average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:

$2.479 Bowling Green
$2.560 Elizabethtown
$2.774 Louisville
$2.452 Owensboro
$2.525 Paducah

On the National Front
Today’s national average is $2.81, which is two cents cheaper than last week, eight cents less than last month, and 13 cents less than last year. Across much of the country, motorists are saving as much as 23 cents/gallon to fill up as compared to last month.

The lowering cost of gasoline has been aided by cheaper crude oil. At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate fell by $3.09 to $53.50. Crude prices suffered a major loss last week, the largest in six months, after new trade tensions emerged between the U.S. and Mexico, a key U.S. trade partner and a major supplier of crude oil. Moving into this week, growing global trade war fears will likely push crude prices down.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.